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Rank country (%) Date of Information 1 Zimbabwe 975.00 31 December 2007 2 Angola 30.00 31 December 2009 est. 3 Venezuela 29.50 31 December 2009 4 Sao Tome and Principe 28.00 31 December 2008 5 Costa Rica 23.00 31 December 2009 est. 6 Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005 7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20.00 31 December 2011 est. 8 Ghana 17.00 31 December 2008 9 Turkey 15.00 22 December 2009 10 Malawi 15.00 31 December 2008 11 Vietnam 15.00 31 December 2011 12 Zambia 14.49 31 December 2008 13 Pakistan 14.00 31 December 2010 est. 14 Belarus 13.50 31 December 2009 est. 15 Mongolia 12.25 31 December 2011 est. 16 Belize 12.00 31 December 2009 est. 17 Burma 12.00 31 December 2009 est. 18 Mauritania 12.00 31 December 2007 19 Namibia 12.00 31 December 2010 est. 20 Ukraine 11.97 31 December 2010 est. 21 Serbia 11.75 6 February 2013 22 Rwanda 11.25 31 December 2008 23 Gambia, The 11.00 31 December 2008 24 Brazil 11.00 31 December 2011 est. 25 Lesotho 10.00 31 December 2010 est. 26 Lebanon 10.00 31 December 2009 est. 27 Botswana 10.00 31 December 2009 est. 28 Burundi 10.00 31 December 2009 est. 29 Uganda 9.65 31 December 2009 est. 30 Uruguay 8.75 31 December 2011 31 Egypt 8.68 31 December 2010 est. 32 Ecuador 8.68 31 December 2010 33 Russia 8.00 31 December 2011 34 India 8.00 31 December 2010 est. 35 Sri Lanka 7.50 19 December 2012 est. 36 Cabo Verde 7.50 31 December 2009 est. 37 Kazakhstan 7.50 31 December 2011 est. 38 Trinidad and Tobago 7.25 31 December 2009 est. 39 Armenia 7.25 2 December 2008 40 Barbados 7.00 31 December 2009 est. 41 Hungary 7.00 31 December 2011 42 Croatia 7.00 31 December 2012 est. 43 South Africa 7.00 31 December 2009 44 Maldives 6.96 31 December 2011 est. 45 Papua New Guinea 6.92 31 December 2009 est. 46 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 47 Grenada 6.50 31 December 2008 48 Montserrat 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 49 Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 50 Tajikistan 6.50 31 December 2012 est. 51 Dominica 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 52 Swaziland 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 53 Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 54 Nepal 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 55 Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2008 57 Indonesia 6.46 31 December 2009 58 Vanuatu 6.00 31 December 2009 est. 59 Nigeria 6.00 31 December 2009 est. 60 Iraq 6.00 December 2011 61 Paraguay 6.00 31 December 2011 est. 62 Iceland 5.75 31 December 2010 est. 63 Philippines 5.60 31 December 2011 est. 64 Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007 65 Azerbaijan 5.25 31 December 2011 est. 66 Romania 5.25 31 December 2012 67 Georgia 5.25 31 December 2012 68 Peru 5.05 31 December 2011 69 Bangladesh 5.00 31 December 2009 est. 70 New Zealand 5.00 31 December 2008 71 Syria 5.00 31 December 2012 est. 72 Colombia 5.00 31 December 2010 73 Qatar 4.93 31 December 2011 est. 74 Niger 4.75 31 December 2008 75 Congo, Republic of the 4.75 31 December 2008 76 Chad 4.75 31 December 2008 77 Guinea-Bissau 4.75 31 December 2008 78 Central African Republic 4.75 31 December 2008 79 Moldova 4.50 31 December 2012 80 Bahamas, The 4.50 31 December 2012 est. 81 Mexico 4.50 31 December 2011 est. 82 Australia 4.35 31 December 2010 est. 83 Burkina Faso 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 84 Equatorial Guinea 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 85 Mali 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 86 Gabon 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 87 Guyana 4.25 31 December 2010 est. 88 Cote d'Ivoire 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 89 Senegal 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 90 Togo 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 91 Benin 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 92 Poland 4.00 31 December 2010 est. 93 Algeria 4.00 31 December 2009 est. 94 Laos 4.00 31 December 2009 95 Bolivia 4.00 31 december 2012 est. 96 Albania 4.00 31 December 2012 est. 97 Macedonia 3.75 31 December 2012 est. 98 Tanzania 3.70 31 December 2009 est. 99 Latvia 3.50 31 December 2010 est. 100 Morocco 3.31 31 December 2009 est. 101 Mozambique 3.25 31 December 2010 est. 102 Thailand 3.25 31 December 2011 est. 103 Aruba 3.00 31 December 2009 est. 104 Libya 3.00 31 December 2009 est. 105 Fiji 3.00 31 December 2009 est. 106 Kuwait 3.00 31 December 2009 est. 107 Malaysia 2.83 31 December 2010 108 Korea, South 2.75 31 December 2012 109 Kyrgyzstan 2.50 31 December 2010 est. 110 China 2.25 31 December 2012 est. 111 Comoros 2.21 31 December 2009 est. 112 Lithuania 2.06 31 December 2009 est. 113 Taiwan 1.88 31 December 2011 114 France 1.75 31 December 2010 115 Norway 1.75 31 December 2009 est. 116 Slovakia 1.75 31 December 2010 est. 117 Israel 1.75 31 December 2012 est. 118 Netherlands 1.50 31 December 2010 119 Malta 1.50 31 December 2010 120 Luxembourg 1.50 31 December 2010 121 Greece 1.50 31 December 2010 122 Germany 1.50 31 December 2010 123 Finland 1.50 31 December 2010 124 Ireland 1.50 31 December 2010 125 European Union 1.50 31 December 2012 126 Cyprus 1.50 31 December 2010 127 Belgium 1.50 31 December 2010 128 Spain 1.50 31 December 2010 129 Slovenia 1.50 31 December 2012 130 Portugal 1.50 31 December 2010 131 Italy 0.75 31 December 2012 132 Switzerland 0.75 31 December 2009 est. 133 Denmark 0.75 31 December 2010 est. 134 United Kingdom 0.50 2012 est. 135 Chile 0.50 31 December 2009 est. 136 Hong Kong 0.50 31 December 2012 137 United States 0.50 31 December 2009 138 Sweden 0.50 31 December 2009 est. 139 Japan 0.30 31 December 2009 140 Canada 0.25 31 December 2009 est. 141 Bulgaria 0.22 31 December 2011 est. 142 Czech Republic 0.05 31 December 2012 143 Oman 0.05 31 December 2009 est.
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